This episode is purely disturbing. It caught me by surprise even though I am sensing HOMO relationship from the begging of the current episode. I am hoping for a decent story next week. But if this HOMO relationships continue further the next episode; I will DROP this from watching. I'm sorry Shinsekai Yori, but I am not a YAOI/YURI type of guy for romances.

yes i was shocked too ... and they sure dwelll on it a lot in this episode. I think it is unecessary part of the story .

See I always have a problem with the storytelling and writting of this anime. And now this ? I know there are a lot of peeps who are into this but that part - I dont think it worked well.
The adaptation should have been done better.

The only part I liked is the one that is related to the story before that which is suppose to be what the preview was all about.

beware of the CATS ... ok where was it in this episode , also well I figure Saki is the adult girl narrating the begining of the episodes and that she is indeed the focus was on her , they were focusing on her while she is focusing on Shun but the focus should be more on Shun ...

either way I think the writting of this episode is poorly done.

I ussually wait for CR to stream this but I was very curious because of the timeskip , what a disappointment
I am seriously considering dropping this anime off my list,

I just past the scene and paused to come to this thread. I did pause in a non Yaoi scene just to get it off my screen. I was enjoying the series up until now. I have no idea as to why they decided that, that was important to the story. If this happens in the next episode consider it dropped.

I swear I'm getting more irritated the longer I watch this episode. I get the feeling I'm watching the Sakura and Sasuke love affair from Naruto wen watching Saki and Shun.

Episode 4-7, the war dimension arc did not interest me like the rest did. I have no idea why. I thought it would change when they came back, although the change was pretty graphic. I was quite shocked at what happened in this episode. I know it's to illustrate the genetical engineering thing but I didn't think the anime would go that far. Anyway, the preview seems like what I expected out of this anime. I can't wait to see what happens to Shun and the rest of the gang.

So now they've shown that the yuri manga was not off track after all, it just starts when they're all fourteen...

People asking for kissing like that to be made adult seems a bit much, it is just kissing! They've explained many times the inclusion of bonobo genes, the brotherly and sisterly love necessary so they don't all splat each other to bits using their powers. It is hundreds of years in the future so I hope they aren't still holding ballot initiatives by that time! I'm surprised that some are upset by this but I guess I shouldn't be. This is "From the new world" after all and some are not yet ready for the new world today.

Shame people are dropping cause of the little yuri/yaoi scenes :/ , remember if you guys were paying attention in episode 4, sex plays a huge role in this anime even you like it or not. Guess this is where the term "anime is not for kids" comes in play. If you can't handle it, then find with me its just a shame you'll watch an anime for 7+ episodes to drop it cause of this certain episode theme.

Now what I mean sex plays a huge role in episode 4, their society was compare to Bonobos which are known for their hypersexuality (quick sexual urges) behavior (happens in the wild not the zoo). Notice how long those scenes were.... a short quick urge resulting in giggles afterwards. This type of behavior helps increase bonds within the society as they feel more open up to each other. Now of couse they mght have did a bad job in terms of not bringing up a couple episodes later [The yuri scene had a quick line regarding it if u weren't catch up in the action]. But overall it was an excellent episode, I'm pretty sure the time skip and other things will be explain in time.